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On this week’s episode we have another interview from Kathryn’s time in Girona this spring. Today she is chatting with the Girona-based, American cyclist Morgan Aguirre. Morgan started cycling in 2019 and quickly fell in love with the sport. She joined a team, and started racing on the road in the US. With a fully remote job, Morgan realized that she had a unique opportunity to relocate from Seattle to somewhere that would allow her to ride her bike outside all year long so she made the move to Girona in 2022 to immerse herself in the world of cycling in Europe. Not long after her arrival in Girona she was laid off from her job, but she seized the opportunity to focus more on her riding and started racing gravel. Morgan saw quick success in the gravel racing scene and garnered some support from brands to help make her season possible. At the end of last season she joined Pas Normal, and she talks about what it’s like being part of that team. Living and training in Girona has also allowed Morgan to meet and ride with some other big names in the world of gravel, and she tells us about how she has formed friendships with other women in the sport that have helped to guide her along in her career so far, and why it is so important for women to support and lift each other up. 

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This week on The Feist, it's all about previewing the biggest women's race of the year: The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. 

Kate Veronneau, director of women's strategy at Zwift, joins us to give a peak behind the curtain into what goes into the massive event, the kind of growth they've seen at TDFF, and who she thinks could win.

But first, it's our women's sports highlights from the week, including drama from the Euros soccer championship, gossip from the WNBA All-Star Weekend, and a deep dive into the doping sanction that was handed out to the marathon world record holder (and why it hurts more than just a couple of athletes).

From what women's sports we watched to what we want to watch, it's just another week of your favorite sports with your Feistiest friends!

Highlights:

• 0:00 - Welcome and What We Watched
• 13:00 - "Pay Us What You Owe Us"
• 21:57 - WNBA Insights and Gossip
• 25:02 - The Doping Downfall of Marathon World Record Holder, Ruth Chepngetich
• 34:43 - The Impact of Doping on Athletic Careers
• 43:20 - Kate Veronneau previews the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
• 01:11:10 - Our Feisty Picks of the Week, including American Ninja Warrior

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This week on the show we are throwing it back to April, when Kathryn had a chance to sit down with professional cyclist Danni Shrosbree in Girona ahead of the kick off to her 2025 race season. Growing up as a running and competitive swimmer, Dani dabbled in triathlon a bit, then was recruited to her university rowing team. After university she was looking for an outlet to stay active and found cycling, at first just for fun, but was talked into doing a crit race (which she won) and was hooked from there. From there, Danni worked her way up the road racing ranks and eventually joined a UCI continental team - all while working full time. Danni dabbled in some off-road riding over the pandemic with her dad, and decided to give gravel racing a try in 2023. She loved it, and in looking for more gravel races, she ended up applying for, and getting accepted into the Life Time Grand Prix. Danni committed to gravel racing for the 2024, but after sponsorship changes that year she left the Grand Prix to focus on the Gravel Earth series. As a European-based rider, Danni opens up about the challenges of racing in the USA, and also the changes that she has seen as a female racer in Europe.  

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On this episode, Kathryn and Kristi welcome back pro racer and Gravel Worlds organizer Hannah Shell. Hannah has always been a huge advocate for women in the gravel space, so when she was asked to join the team of organizers for Gravel Worlds she jumped at the chance. The race takes place in Lincoln, NB, and is a weekend packed full of fun activities for everyone including the world famous “First to Last” Party. The race also offers the biggest single day prize purse in gravel, with $100k on the line for the professionals. Girls Gone Gravel will be at the event this year and we are hoping to help support the initiative to get 1000 women to the start line! 

If you want to join us in Lincoln, you can use code GGG15 so save 15% off your registration.

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On this episode Kathryn is joined by our friend Brooke Goudy as well as Roam Fest founder Ash Zolton. Roam Fest is a three day mountain bike party in Fruita, Colorado for femme riders to celebrate getting together with like-minded folks who love riding bikes. Ash talks about how Roam Fest came to be, and how the festival has evolved over the years, and the things that haven't changed like creating community and making space for everyone. Brooke and Ash also give expert explanations of the different types of mountain bikes and mountain bike trails for those that are new to the discipline. 

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This week Kristi is coming to us from live on the ground at SBT GRVL. Listen in as she catches up with gravel pros, age group athletes, race organizer Amity Charity, GRVL Femmes team leader Lani Woods, women’s para division champion Clara Brown, and the epic duo of mom-to-be Iz King and her own mom who took on the ride together. This year the event was spread over two days. Saturday’s non-competitive ride took riders out on a scenic route around Steamboat Springs and offered three different distances to choose from. Sunday’s option featured a pro and amateur course and had the riders speeding their way around the champagne gravel that Colorado is famous for. Melisa Rollins claimed victory in the women’s race with Lauren De Crescenzo in second, and Lauren Stephens in third. 

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Welcome to The Feist — your favorite sports, with your feistiest friends.

Hosted by Sara Gross and Kelly O’Mara, Feisty's newest podcast is here to celebrate the unstoppable rise of women’s sports. Every week they'll cover what you need to know in women's sports: from running to basketball to everything in between. The Feist will bring you the untold stories of female athletes, interviews with those athletes and behind-the-scenes experts, and the feisty analysis you need to be a fan.

This is the women's sports podcast that covers the sports that don't always get covered from voices that don't always get heard.

In a special live launch episode, they kick off with a panel on what's next and where women's sports go from here. Joining us for the live event are:

• Scott Lake – Newly minted co-owner of the Toronto Tempo, Canada’s first WNBA team, co-founder of Shopify, and an investor in girls' and women's sports.
• Hilary Stellingwerff – Two-time Canadian Olympian, multi-time national champion in the 1500m, and now head track & cross-country coach at the University of Victoria.
• Krista Thompson – Former national team field hockey player and award-winning coach with 20+ years of experience at the provincial, regional, national and international level.

Together, they dive into:

• The massive economic upside of investing in women’s sports
• Why female role models and maternity support matter more than ever
• The coaching and performance knowledge gaps rooted in outdated research
• The lessons they wish they’d known earlier
• And what’s exciting them most about the future

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Welcome to our third episode in our SBT GRVL series! This week Kathryn and Kristi welcome cyclist and mom of two, Lani Woods. Lani is captaining a GRVL Femmes team at SBT this coming weekend, leading a group of five women through the event. Lani got her start in cycling after a knee injury in 2020 sidelined her from obstacle course racing. She found joy on the bike, and loved being able to push herself further and further. Lani has raced almost every discipline of cycling, but has gravitated towards ultra endurance events and, more recently, gravel racing. Lani spent most of her life in California, but has recently moved to Hawaii, and she is loving getting to explore new dirt roads on the island, and connecting with a new cycling community. She gives her advice for anyone who is curious about getting into gravel, and highlights why it is important to have visibility of all women on gravel start lines.

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This week we have our second episode of our special series with SBT GRVL, and we welcome another GRVL Femmes mentor Christie Tracy. Christie is an ultra endurance cycling specialist, who started dabbling in gravel racing about 5 years ago. She recently outright won the 2025 24 hour time trial national championships, beating every other competitor! Christie began her cycling career after doing a triathlon for her 35th birthday, where she got hooked on the challenge of cycling. She has certainly taken that challenge to so many amazing levels, and will be imparting her knowledge to her team at SBT GRVL. Christie talks about the importance of keeping a positive mindset in endurance events, and shares how she sets mini goals throughout events. 

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This is the first episode of a three part series in collaboration with SBT GRVL. Kathryn is joined by guest host and SBT founder Amy Charity, and the pair get the chance to chat with professional cyclist Ellen Noble. Ellen is part of a new initiative by the folks at SBT for 2025 called the SBT GRVL Femmes Challenge mentorship program. The program pairs professional racers with a team of amateur women who want to take on the race at SBT. The mentors will join their teams throughout the whole race, to help them with everything from pacing to nutrition and technical assistance. The goal of the program is to encourage more women to take on the race day at SBT, and show them that you don’t have to be a “bike racer” to do a bike race. Ellen is the perfect mentor for this program as she has an extensive background racing all disciplines of cycling at the highest level. However, in 2019 she was diagnosed with a medical condition that threatened her career and led her to take a few years away from racing. Ellen talks about the humbling process of facing a health condition that stripped away her identity of a “bike racer” and how she has painstakingly built herself back to a place where she feels healthy and strong enough to race her bike again. 

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